( 2) ( 3 )

universe. He knows it is vast- and he is tiny, but the 2. Read the passage given , below and- answer, the questions
universe does not. ^ that follow : ; -jk
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In this sense, that it is to ideas and not to violence, to the

1. How does television affect bur lives?- It can' be'' veiy
pen and not to the sword, that man owes whatever has
helpful to people who carefully choose the shows that tii'ey
distinguished him from ahimals, whatever has enabled watch. Television can increase our knowledjge of the
him to rise above a purely savage condition. For the pen is outside world; there are high-quahty ; programmes that
the vehicle of thought^ and it is by thought that man is help us understand many fields of study such as science,
enabled to voyage through the infinite in philosophy, to medicine, the arts, and so on. Moreover, television benefits
unlock the secrets of the universe, to create beauty and to very old people who cannot often leave the house as well
commune with God.
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as patients in hospitals. It also offers non-native ape^kers
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the advantage of daily informal language practice. They
Questions:
can increase their vocabulaiy and(practise hstening.''d
(a) (i) What destroyed Czarism? 1 Ii •

(ii) Who were responsible for the fall of the French 2. On the other hand, there are sever^ - pqripus
aristocracy? ' 1 disadvantages of television. Of course, it provides us with
a pleasant way' to relax and spend oin* free time, but in
(Hi) What has brought humankind out of b^barism
into civilization? 1
some countries, people watch the bbob-tube' for an
average of six hours or more a day. Many children sitare at
(iv) What does the pen represent here? i
a television screen fdr more hours each day than they do
(v) How do ideas and the, swqi-d differ , f^om each an3dbing else, including studying and sleeping. It's clear
other? ; 2
that the tube has a powerful influence on their lives and
(ui) What, according to Aristotle, makes man different that its influence is often negative.
from tbe animal? 2
(vii) What is the one advantage that man has over the 3. Recent studies show that after only thirty seconds of
imiverse? ; ' 2 television watching, a person's bram "relaxes' the same
way that it does just before the person falls '^^asleep.
(b) Pick out words from the passage that mean the Another effect of television on the human brdih is that it
following : 1^2=2 seems to cause poor concentration. Children who view a
(i) People of noble birth or rqnk lot of television can often concentrate on a subject for only
(ii) Primitive condition > . 15 to 20 minutes. '

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Section—B
4. Another disadviantage is that television'often causes
people to become dissatisfied with their own lives. Real life (Wxitingi)
does, not:Seem as excithig to. these people as the lives of
actors on thp^screen. To maQy,pe9ple, tel^^sion becomes 3. You are arranging an excursion trip to Shillong planned in
more rea^.jthan^.reality and the^r own liyes ^eem boring. the last Week of April. Write ei paralgfapli on your '
Also,,m^y people get upset or depressed, when they preparations to your classmates in about 100 words giving
cannot solve problems in re^ life as quickly as television all relevant details. i ^ 6
actors seem to.
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Or
'5. Before a child^is ^4 years old, he or she views eleven
Your school/college observed the Human ^ghts Day
thousand murders on the tube. He or she begins to believe
recently. Prepare a report on the daylong programme in
that there is nothing strmige about fights, killings and
about 80 words to be published in a local daily.
other kinds of violence. Many studies show^^that people
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become more violent after certain programmes. They may
even do things that they have'seen in i'violeint show. 4. Write a speech to be delivered in 'the school/college
assembly on Importance of Discipline in Life'. 6
6. The mpst negative effect of the hoob tube' might be ■ i-.: ■: •
Or
people's addiction to it. People often feel a strange and
powerful need to watch television even wjien they dp not Write an article for your school/college magazine on the
enjoy it. Addiction to a television scr^eenis simHm^ drug need to fight environmental degradation in our country.
or alcohol addiction. People ajmpst never believe they are
addicted. .
5, You are Ranjan/Ragini. You have seen an advertisement
in The Assam THbune for the post of Assistant Teacher in
Questions: an L. P. School in Goalpara. Write an application to the
Headmaster of the school in response to the
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, advertisement. Mention all relevant details. 8
: make notes on it,-- using recognisable abbreviations
Or
wherever necessary* Add a .suitable title to.it. 5
Write a letter to the Editor of a local English Daily drawing
attention of the authorities concerned to the nuisance of
(b) Make a summary of the above in about
loudspeakers in your area.
80 words.

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Section—C (d) Correct the following : ^2X2=1

(iG^mmar) (i) Guwahati is one of the oldest city in the country.

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(ii) This city is known for its beautiful sceneries.
6. (a) Fill in the,blanks with suitable determiners '72x2=1
i'! . .(>

(i) Do you need ^ help? (some/any) 7. (a) Complete: the following:, piece of conversation by
choosing the correct alternative from the brackets : 2
(H) of the boys was given a pen. (Every/Each) Isaid to hen " ^ (How/When) are you?'' She replied,
"I'm fine. It's so' nice to see you . (returned/
C
back/come) in our village agkin.
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(b) Rewrite the following sentences with the correct form

of the verb given in brackets : y2x2=l (b) Rewrite the foUovdhg seriterices as directed : 1x2=2

(i) Football (play) all over the world. (i) Stephen Hawking is the most famous scientist of
this generation.
(ii) She behaves ak if she (know) everything. (Use the comparative degree of Tamous')
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(ii) She knows my address.

(Make it a complex sentence)
(c) Fill in the blanks with appropriate modal auxiliaries
(the sense of the sentence is indicated in the bracket):
. , '/2x2=1 8. Rearrange the words in the following to form riieaningful
sentences : 1x2=2
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(i) He pay his dues before he can be allowed to
sit at the examination. (compulsion)
(a) Shyam not know syim does to how.

(ii) He what his parents say.

(moral duty) (b) He came 1 had left after place the.

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Section—D y)rv. ft^. (Hi) For how long have the father and son lived
together? 1
( Textual Questions )
(iv) What does the speaker tiy to build? 1

9. Read any one of the stanzas given below and answer the
(v) What idea do you form about the relationship
questions that follow :
between the father and son from the quoted lines? 4
(a) The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling ' T 10, Answer any two of the following questions : 3x2=6

Each one holding one of my mother's hands,

(a) How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the
And she the big girl—some twelve years or so.
poem, The Voice of the Rain?
All three stood still to smile through their hair
At the uncle with the camera, (b) The poet's mother laughed at the snapshot. What did
(i) What does the cardboard show the poet? this laugh indicate?
(ii) How did the girls go to the sea beach?
(c) What, according to the poem, Childhood, is involved in
(Hi) Why did the two girl cousins hold one of the poet's the process of growing up?
mother's hands?

(iv) Who clicked the three girls in the cardboard?

(d) How is the father's helplessness brought out in the
poem, Father to Son?
(v) What kind of a childhood do the quoted lines
2x5=10
project? 11. Answer any five of the following questions :
(b) I do not understand this child (a) What are the different ways in which we come to know
Though we have lived together now that the author's grandmother was a deeply religious
In the same house for years. I know person?
Nothing of him, so try to build . Yjii'Mr.'
Up a relationship from how (b) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European
He was when small. view.

(i) Where do these lines occur? (c) What does the notice The world's most dangerous
(ii) Why does the speaker say that he does not know animal' at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia,
this child'? signify?

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(d) Why did the author Verrier Elwin say that he was an (b) What were Ranga's views on marriage?
unconventional visitor? o "

(c) How does the example of Einstein prove that the

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(e) Mention three ways in which the author's grandmother school system ends up by curbing individual talent?
spent her days after he grew up. j£fi
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(f) What does Verrier Elwin have to say to the hill people
of Assam?

12. (a) "The earth's vital signs reveal a pa^tient in declining

health." Elucidate. 6
Or

(b) Describe the changing rel^tipn^hip between the{p.uthor

Khushwant Singh and lus grandmpj^er.^. D their
feeling for each other change?

13. (a) "English integrates India as a nation." Discuss with

examples from the stoiy, Rangq*s Marriage, 5
Or
r '

(b) What do you make of Einsteih'S' nature frdni his

conversations with his history tdstcher, his
mathematics teacher and the head teacher?

14. Answer any two of the following questions in brief : 2^2=4

(a) Why does Einstein think that learning facts is no

education at all? i

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